Ukulele on fire - introduction to clawhammer

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ukulele on fire - introduction to the art of clawhammer

For each chapter of my clawhammer book for beginners "ukulele on fire - introduction to the art of clawhammer (get it in the shop) there is a video on YouTube. You can also watch them here.

CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE (part 1: "What is Clawhammer?")

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CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE (part 1: "What is Clawhammer?")

In this video I explain where clawhammer comes from and I show you how it sounds. It's the first part of my YouTube clawhammer-ukulele course "Ukulele on Fire". You can purchase my clawhammer-ukulele beginner's book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer" here: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/englishshop The video covers the first chapter in my book. You can download it as a free sample here: https://dfc060ba-35b1-42c4-bb2b-e1551dfa7546.usrfiles.com/ugd/dfc060_0a7f081839fb4071a18555a0906c5376.pdf Visit my website for more tutorials and free sample downloads: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire Here is the playlist with all tutorials from my YouTube clawhammer-ukulele course "Ukulele on Fire": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveFCZjoafkYw39RcvmW1Xg0p On my YouTube-channel, you can also find tutorials which aren't about clawhammer: Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele Basics". It covers technical aspects of playing the uke and is for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveF1OxL-EkwBrPSwYoRdK7jV Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele the Easy way". Here I show you how to play popular songs on the uke. It's for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveGodLbZVx2hS1dHrZ5yv3f8 "Ukulele on fire" is the English version of the German YouTube channel "Ukulele am Limit". WEBSITE: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire TWITTER: https://twitter.com/OnUkulele FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ukulele.on.fire INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ukulele_on_fire/ #ukulele #tutorial #clawhammer

CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 2: "BUM-TCHA-KA : The BUM (1)"

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CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 2: "BUM-TCHA-KA : The BUM (1)"

In this video I have a look at the basic element of clawhammer: the BUM-TCHA-KA (engl. Bum-ditty). I explain in detail how you do the BUM (index/middle finger, melody note). It covers pp. 4-8 of my book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer". I play exercises 1-10 at a slow speed. You can purchase my clawhammer-ukulele beginner's book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer" here: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/englishshop The video covers pp. 4-8 in my book. You can download them as a free sample here: https://dfc060ba-35b1-42c4-bb2b-e1551dfa7546.usrfiles.com/ugd/dfc060_58184436e1de4b21824bee236964fedb.pdf Visit my website for more tutorials and free sample downloads: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire Here is the playlist with all tutorials from my YouTube clawhammer-ukulele course "Ukulele on Fire": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveFCZjoafkYw39RcvmW1Xg0p On my YouTube-channel, you can also find tutorials which aren't about clawhammer: Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele Basics". It covers technical aspects of playing the uke and is for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveF1OxL-EkwBrPSwYoRdK7jV Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele the Easy way". Here I show you how to play popular songs on the uke. It's for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveGodLbZVx2hS1dHrZ5yv3f8 "Ukulele on fire" is the English version of the German YouTube channel "Ukulele am Limit". WEBSITE: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire TWITTER: https://twitter.com/OnUkulele FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ukulele.on.fire INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ukulele_on_fire/ #ukulele #tutorial #clawhammer

CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 3: "BUM-TCHA-KA : The BUM (2)"

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CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 3: "BUM-TCHA-KA : The BUM (2)"

In this video I have a look at the basic element of clawhammer: the BUM-TCHA-KA (engl. Bum-ditty). It covers pp. 9-10 of my book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer". I play exercises 11-16 at a slow speed. It's all about practising and getting used to the BUM-movement by playing any tune that comes to your mind. You can purchase my clawhammer-ukulele beginner's book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer" here: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/englishshop The video covers pp. 9-10 in my book. You can download them as a free sample here: https://dfc060ba-35b1-42c4-bb2b-e1551dfa7546.usrfiles.com/ugd/dfc060_ebfaebc8688642a58bce6d1b87b556cf.pdf Visit my website for more tutorials and free sample downloads: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire Here is the playlist with all tutorials from my YouTube clawhammer-ukulele course "Ukulele on Fire": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveFCZjoafkYw39RcvmW1Xg0p On my YouTube-channel, you can also find tutorials which aren't about clawhammer: Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele Basics". It covers technical aspects of playing the uke and is for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveF1OxL-EkwBrPSwYoRdK7jV Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele the Easy way". Here I show you how to play popular songs on the uke. It's for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveGodLbZVx2hS1dHrZ5yv3f8 "Ukulele on fire" is the English version of the German YouTube channel "Ukulele am Limit". WEBSITE: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire TWITTER: https://twitter.com/OnUkulele FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ukulele.on.fire INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ukulele_on_fire/ #ukulele #tutorial #clawhammer

CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 4: "BUM-TCHA-KA : The TCHA"

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CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 4: "BUM-TCHA-KA : The TCHA"

In this video I have a look at the basic element of clawhammer: the BUM-TCHA-KA (engl. Bum-ditty). I explain in detail how you do the TCHA. It covers pp. 11-13 of my book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer". I play exercises 17-25 at a slow speed. You can purchase my clawhammer-ukulele beginner's book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer" here: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/englishshop The video covers pp. 11-13 in my book. You can download them as a free sample here: https://dfc060ba-35b1-42c4-bb2b-e1551dfa7546.usrfiles.com/ugd/dfc060_f0b21269691646cebfac12f67a05e64c.pdf Visit my website for more tutorials and free sample downloads: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire Here is the playlist with all tutorials from my YouTube clawhammer-ukulele course "Ukulele on Fire": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveFCZjoafkYw39RcvmW1Xg0p On my YouTube-channel, you can also find tutorials which aren't about clawhammer: Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele Basics". It covers technical aspects of playing the uke and is for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveF1OxL-EkwBrPSwYoRdK7jV Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele the Easy way". Here I show you how to play popular songs on the uke. It's for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveGodLbZVx2hS1dHrZ5yv3f8 "Ukulele on fire" is the English version of the German YouTube channel "Ukulele am Limit". WEBSITE: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire TWITTER: https://twitter.com/OnUkulele FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ukulele.on.fire INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ukulele_on_fire/ #ukulele #tutorial #clawhammer

CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 5: "BUM-TCHA-KA : The KA"

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CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 5: "BUM-TCHA-KA : The KA"

In this video I have a look at the basic element of clawhammer: the BUM-TCHA-KA (engl. Bum-ditty). I explain in detail how you do the KA. It covers p. 14 of my book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer". I play exercise 26. You can purchase my clawhammer-ukulele beginner's book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer" here: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/englishshop The video covers p. 14 in my book. You can download the page as a free sample here: https://dfc060ba-35b1-42c4-bb2b-e1551dfa7546.usrfiles.com/ugd/dfc060_aa66f82f42b5445db94a238e94cec521.pdf Visit my website for more tutorials and free sample downloads: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire Here is the playlist with all tutorials from my YouTube clawhammer-ukulele course "Ukulele on Fire": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveFCZjoafkYw39RcvmW1Xg0p On my YouTube-channel, you can also find tutorials which aren't about clawhammer: Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele Basics". It covers technical aspects of playing the uke and is for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveF1OxL-EkwBrPSwYoRdK7jV Here's the playlist with all the tutorials from my series "Ukulele the Easy way". Here I show you how to play popular songs on the uke. It's for beginners and advanced players: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveGodLbZVx2hS1dHrZ5yv3f8 "Ukulele on fire" is the English version of the German YouTube channel "Ukulele am Limit". WEBSITE: https://www.ukulele-am-limit.com/ukulele-on-fire TWITTER: https://twitter.com/OnUkulele FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ukulele.on.fire INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ukulele_on_fire/ #ukulele #tutorial #clawhammer

CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 6: "BUM-TCHA-KA: Exercises"

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CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 6: "BUM-TCHA-KA: Exercises"

In this video I have a look at the basic element of clawhammer: the BUM-TCHA-KA (engl. Bum-ditty) and play some exercises. It covers pp. 15f of my book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer". I play exercises 27-29 at a slow speed. Then I explain how to work with a metronome. After that I play exercises 27-29 at 180 bpm. ➤ B U Y B O O K 1 : I N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E A R T O F C L A W H A M M E R https://www.ukulele-on-fire.com/shop playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveFCZjoafkYw39RcvmW1Xg0p ➤ B E C O M E M Y P A T R O N : https://www.patreon.com/ukulele_on_fire ➤ W E B S I T E : http://www.ukulele-on-fire.com ➤ F A C E B O O K : https://www.facebook.com/ukulele.on.fire/ ➤ I N S T A G R A M : https://www.instagram.com/ukulele_on_fire ➤ P A T R E O N : https://patreon.com/ukulele_on_fire ➤ T I K T O K : https://www.tiktok.com/@ukulele_am_limit?lang=de-DE #ukulele #tutorial #clawhammer

CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 7: "WE COMP SONGS WITH CLAWHAMMER"

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CLAWHAMMER-TUTORIAL: UKULELE ON FIRE - part 7: "WE COMP SONGS WITH CLAWHAMMER"

In this video I show you how to comp songs using clawhammer style. It covers pp. 17-21 of my book "Ukulele on Fire - Introduction to the Art of Clawhammer". I play exercises 30-32 at a slow speed. ➤ B U Y B O O K 1 : I N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E A R T O F C L A W H A M M E R https://www.ukulele-on-fire.com/shop playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7DlHCOPveFCZjoafkYw39RcvmW1Xg0p ➤ B E C O M E M Y P A T R O N : https://www.patreon.com/ukulele_on_fire ➤ W E B S I T E : http://www.ukulele-on-fire.com ➤ F A C E B O O K : https://www.facebook.com/ukulele.on.fire/ ➤ I N S T A G R A M : https://www.instagram.com/ukulele_on_fire ➤ P A T R E O N : https://patreon.com/ukulele_on_fire ➤ T I K T O K : https://www.tiktok.com/@ukulele_am_limit?lang=de-DE #ukulele #tutorial #clawhammer

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